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Auctioneers hope the folio of pictures could raise hundreds of pounds

A collection of mugshots dating back to 1905, which warned publicans of drunken Dundonians, has sold for £1,500.

The folio of forms was issued to local landlords warning them not to serve the pictured people, who had been convicted of being drunk and incapable.

Forms note "riotous behaviour" by the barred drinkers, with physical descriptions including "awanting a left eye" and "wanting teeth".

The folio sold at auction for almost 10 times its original listed price.

The forms list the name, address and occupation of the pictured miscreants, most of whom are female millworkers, many of them Irish immigrants.

The collection of 40 forms was entrusted to publican John Kennedy of Polepark Road, warning him against selling alcohol to the people listed.

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The forms were distributed to publicans warning them not to serve the pictured people

Among them was fish dealer John Boyd, a 46-year-old of "proportionate" build, with a "fresh" complexion, who was convicted at Dundee's police court after he was found "in a state of intoxication and unable to look after himself" on 13 November 1905.

Under "peculiarities or marks", the report notes "left eye awanting".

Also marked was 16-year-old Margaret Devannah, a mill worker at the Queen Victoria Works, who was recognisable for having several tattoos.

She was convicted at the police court on 29 June 1905 of "behaving while drunk in a riotous or disorderly manner".